Pumpkin Gnocchi

Pumpkin gnocchi, errrr, pumpkin ricotta gnocchi. The only way I make gnocchi is with ricotta, because it is seriously so easy! Read on for the step-by-step in photos!

I made pumpkin gnocchi last weekend.

I didn’t intend to share it with you. I made it as a meditation of sorts. It was a Saturday afternoon, and I was playing with Camille while my husband was raking leaves. I knew I needed to get my hands in some dough, but at the last minute, I decided I want to photograph my hands in the dough, too.

So, I precariously balanced a tripod to take step-by-step photos for you. And, miraculously, the baby didn’t bump the tripod one time! I gave her my collection of mini vintage pie tins to play with (seen here), and she stacked them to her heart’s content while I worked. We both had fun in the kitchen that day.

We both had a big bowl of homemade gnocchi after it was all over, too.

I’ve always made gnocchi with ricotta. Wait, I made authentic potato gnocchi one time, and they were good, but I didn’t like how the recipe instructions threatened me constantly about over-mixing. I don’t like being bossed around (especially in the kitchen!), so I looked for a more forgiving/ nonjudgmental gnocchi recipe. These ricotta gnocchi have been my go-to ever since.

I’ll try to hold up the cause and prevent you from over-mixing by telling you to stir everything together and then stir in the flour last. I’m never going to boss you around. Until the next time I tell you not to over-mix.

I pan-fried the first batch in butter (after I fried the sage leaves in the butter), but the next batch, I boiled, because I wanted to pop soft little pillows into my mouth until I couldn’t feel things anymore.

This recipe makes enough gnocchi for two (it’s kinda my thing), but you can easily double it to serve more. I probably scaled the recipe down from a big batch, anyway.

I love ricotta. I love pumpkin. I love gnocchi. I love sage. It's 6am, and I'm drooling for this now!!! Can't wait to make it. Bravo for scaling down your recipes for two as it is just my husband and me. 👏

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